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Cameron G. Thies publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cameron G. Thies sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 172 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Cameron G. Thies D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cameron G. Thies sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Overview

Cameron G. Thies is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their primary field of study is Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Political Science and International Relations. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies, Development, and Strategy and Management.

The main topics of Thies's work include:

  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • International Development and Aid
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • International Relations in Latin America
  • Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America

Thies has contributed to various publication venues frequently, such as:

  • International Studies Review
  • Cambridge Review of International Affairs
  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • Journal of Global Security Studies
  • International Studies Quarterly

Among the recent papers associated with or relevant to the research area of Cameron G. Thies are:

  • The nexus of populism and foreign policy: The case of Latin America, published in 2020 in International Relations
  • Leader Influence in Role Selection Choices: Fulfilling Role Theory's Potential for Foreign Policy Analysis, published in 2021 in International Studies Review
  • A Role Theory Approach to Grand Strategy: Horizontal Role Contestation and Consensus in the Case of China, published in 2021 in Journal of Global Security Studies
  • Misplaced states and the politics of regional identity: towards a theoretical framework, published in 2020 in Cambridge Review of International Affairs
  • Gender and International Relations, published in 2023 in Annual Review of Political Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Timothy M. Peterson
  • Leslie Wehner
  • Süleyman Orhun Altiparmak
  • Shade T. Shutters
  • Feliciano de Sá Guimarães

Cameron G. Thies has also contributed to book publications, with at least one title published by Stanford University Press eBooks: Intra-Industry Trade (2020).

Best Publications

  • War, Rivalry, and State Building in Latin America

    Cameron G. Thies

  • Of rulers, rebels, and revenue: State capacity, civil war onset, and primary commodities

    Cameron G Thies

  • A pragmatic guide to qualitative historical analysis in the study of international relations

    Cameron G. Thies

  • Role Theory and Foreign Policy

    Cameron Thies

  • State Building, Interstate and Intrastate Rivalry: A Study of Post-Colonial Developing Country Extractive Efforts, 1975-2000

    Cameron G. Thies

  • Integrating Foreign Policy Analysis and International Relations through Role Theory

    Cameron G. Thies;Marijke Breuning

  • The Political Economy of State Building in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Cameron G. Thies

  • Role Theory, Narratives, and Interpretation: The Domestic Contestation of Roles†

    Leslie E. Wehner;Cameron G. Thies

  • International Socialization Processes vs. Israeli National Role Conceptions: Can Role Theory Integrate IR Theory and Foreign Policy Analysis?

    Cameron G. Thies

  • Progress, History and Identity in International Relations Theory: The Case of the Idealist-Realist Debate

    Cameron G. Thies

  • The Political Economy of Agricultural Protection

    Cameron G. Thies;Schuyler Porche

  • The Contested Selection of National Role Conceptions

    Klaus Brummer;Cameron G. Thies

  • The United States, Israel, and the Search for International Order: Socializing States

    Cameron G. Thies

  • A Social Psychological Approach to Enduring Rivalries

    Cameron G. Thies

  • “I Am a Tariff Man”: The Power of Populist Foreign Policy Rhetoric under President Trump

    Jean-Christophe Boucher;Cameron G. Thies

  • The State of Undergraduate Research Methods Training in Political Science

    Cameron G. Thies;Robert E. Hogan

  • Public Violence and State Building in Central America

    Cameron G. Thies

  • State Socialization and Structural Realism

    Cameron G. Thies

  • Role Theory and Foreign Policy Analysis in Latin America

    Cameron G. Thies

  • Sense and sensibility in the study of state socialisation: a reply to Kai Alderson

    Cameron G Thies

  • The nexus of populism and foreign policy: The case of Latin America

    Leslie E Wehner;Cameron G Thies

Frequent Co-Authors

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell University of Iowa
Ross Maciejewski
Ross Maciejewski Arizona State University
Didier Bigo
Didier Bigo Sciences Po
John Ishiyama
John Ishiyama University of North Texas

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